Pete Carril

The Parkland High School of today is very different from Brant Weidner's Parkland. Back in the late 1970s, the Trojans had some success in various sports, but were generally not the Goliath among local scholastic athletic programs that often sparks envy and animosity today. In 1978, the school was on Route 309 in Orefield; a modest building with an average-size gymnasium. It was hardly the state-of-the-art, expansive facility that is now the centerpiece of a sprawling campus along North Cedar Crest Boulevard. And the gym is one of the largest in the area with walls filled with banners noting the dozens of championships won by Parkland teams. Those banners need constant...

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